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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
48% 
Page structure
85% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.86 s
File size
29.90 kB
Words
85
Media files
5
Number of links
59 internal / 8 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Ghana Education Service
The length of the page title is perfect. (300 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Ghana Education Service - Official Website. Transforming Education for National Development.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (584 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
descriptionGhana Education Service - Official Website. Transforming Education for National Development.
langen
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 85 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
5.9% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 13.91 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
https://ges.gov.gh/assets/images/logo.pngGES Logo
...ads/sliders/692f1066cb0e8_1764692070.jpgWelcome to Ghana Education Service
.../directors/692f10f1a5770_1764692209.jpegProf. Ernest Kofi Davis
...s/directors/692f1105b72cd_1764692229.jpgProf. (Mrs.) Smile Gavua Dzisi
...s/directors/692f11235e115_1764692259.jpgDr. Issahaque Munawaru

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Ghana Education Service
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 32 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Ghana Education Service
H2 Welcome to Ghana Education Service
H2 About Ghana Education Service
H2 Latest Articles & Stories
H2 Downloads
H2 Our Leadership
H2 Quick Access
H2 GES at a Glance
H2 16
H2 261
H2 40,000+
H2 9M+
H3 Our History
H3 Mandate & Vision
H3 Organizational Structure
H3 GES Holds 2025 Regional Directors’ Capacity-Building Retreat in Ho
H3 The Politics of Haircut in SHS: The Price for Uniformity in Schools or An Outdated Tradition?
H3 MFANTSIPIM SCHOOL’S NSMQ CHAMPIONS PAY COURTESY CALL ON CENTRAL REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, OMANHENE OF OGUAAMAN, AND THE METHODIST DIOCESE
H3 No Learner Left Behind: GES Pilots Ghanaian Sign Language Curriculum to Advance Inclusive Education
H3 2025 RTI Manual
H3 2024 RTI Manual
H3 Prof. Ernest Kofi Davis
H3 Prof. (Mrs.) Smile Gavua Dzisi
H3 Dr. Issahaque Munawaru
H3 School Directory
H3 Resources
H3 Programmes
H3 Contact Us
H3 ABOUT GES
H3 QUICK LINKS
H3 RESOURCES
H3 CONTACT INFO
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
There are 4 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 8 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://web.facebook.com/ges.g...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/gheduservi...New window External A-TITLE Twitter
https://instagram.com/gheduser...New window External A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
https://ges.gov.gh/Subdomain IMG-ALT GES Logo
/school-directory.phpSubdomain Find a School
https://ges.gov.gh/Subdomain HOME
/page.php?slug=historySubdomain History of GES
/page.php?slug=mandate-visionSubdomain Mandate & Vision
/page.php?slug=organisational-...Subdomain Organisational Structure
https://ges.gov.gh/leadership.phpSubdomain LEADERSHIP
/leadership.php?category=direc...Subdomain Director-General
/leadership.php?category=deput...Subdomain Deputy Director-Generals
/leadership.php?category=forme...Subdomain Former Director-Generals
/leadership.php?category=counc...Subdomain Council Members
/directorates.php?type=headqua...Subdomain Headquarters Directorates
/directorates.php?type=unitSubdomain Headquarters Units
https://ges.gov.gh/regions.phpSubdomain Regional Directorates
https://ges.gov.gh/districts.phpSubdomain District Directorates
https://ges.gov.gh/schools.phpSubdomain School Management
/resources.php?category=policySubdomain Policies & Guidelines
/resources.php?category=circularSubdomain Circulars & Notices
/resources.php?category=curric...Subdomain Curriculum Materials
/resources.php?category=teache...Subdomain Teacher Resources
/resources.php?category=studen...Subdomain Student Resources
/resources.php?category=downloadSubdomain Downloads
/school-directory.phpSubdomain SCHOOL DATA
https://ges.gov.gh/programmes.phpSubdomain PROGRAMMES & INITIATIVES
https://ges.gov.gh/articles.phpSubdomain Articles & Stories
/teachers-corner.phpSubdomain Teachers' Corner
/learner-space.phpSubdomain Learner Space
/gallery.php?type=imageSubdomain Photo Gallery
/gallery.php?type=videoSubdomain Video Gallery
https://ges.gov.gh/events.phpSubdomain Events
https://ges.gov.gh/contact.phpSubdomain CONTACT US
/gesweb/page.php?slug=historySubdomain Learn More
/page.php?slug=historySubdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/page.php?slug=mandate-visionSubdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/page.php?slug=organisational-...Subdomain Text duplicate Learn More
/article.php?slug=ges-holds-20...Subdomain Trivial anchor text
Read More
/article.php?slug=the-politics...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/article.php?slug=mfantsipim-s...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
/article.php?slug=ges-pilots-g...Subdomain Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
https://ges.gov.gh/articles.phpSubdomain View All Articles
/assets/uploads/documents/692f...Subdomain Download
/assets/uploads/documents/692f...Subdomain Text duplicate Download
/resources.php?category=downloadSubdomain View All Downloads
https://ges.gov.gh/leadership.phpSubdomain View All Leadership
/school-directory.phpSubdomain School Directory Search for schools across Ghana
https://ges.gov.gh/resources.phpSubdomain Resources Access policies and documents
https://ges.gov.gh/programmes.phpSubdomain Programmes Explore our initiatives
https://ges.gov.gh/contact.phpSubdomain Contact Us Get in touch with us
https://web.facebook.com/ges.g...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Facebook
https://twitter.com/gheduservi...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Twitter
https://instagram.com/gheduser...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE YouTube
https://ges.gov.gh/Subdomain Text duplicate HOME
/page.php?slug=historySubdomain ABOUT GES
https://ges.gov.gh/leadership.phpSubdomain Text duplicate LEADERSHIP
/school-directory.phpSubdomain SCHOOL DIRECTORY
https://ges.gov.gh/articles.phpSubdomain NEWS & ARTICLES
https://ges.gov.gh/contact.phpSubdomain Text duplicate CONTACT US
/resources.php?category=policySubdomain POLICIES & GUIDELINES
/resources.php?category=circularSubdomain CIRCULARS & NOTICES
/resources.php?category=curric...Subdomain CURRICULUM MATERIALS
/resources.php?category=teache...Subdomain TEACHER RESOURCES
/resources.php?category=downloadSubdomain DOWNLOADS

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://ges.gov.gh/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.86 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (30 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
set-cookie60 Characters
x-mod-pagespeed1.13.35.2-0
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodingbr
content-length4841
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
dateMon, 22 Dec 2025 17:53:25 GMT
serverApache
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 408 referring domains.
This page has 1,910 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 230 different ip addresses.

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Ghana84%Check
Service84%Check
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ges63%Check
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Transforming51%Check
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